Dana Andrews on the road with kids and wife (Jeanne Crain) across a desert hwy towards a hotel he's set to run after a car accident put him out of commission for sales travel, but local young hot rodders (with Gene Kirkwood) provide an eclectic bulwark along the way. Cult Film Freak HOT HODS TO HELL reviews here and here.
The seventies' Western TAKE A HARD RIDE seemed to have several sub-genres at play, and yet, despite a small yet important role, Dana Andrews is the best representation since it's not a Blaxploitation despite stars Jim Brown (as Dana's friend), Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly, nor a Spaghetti Western with Lee Van Cleef on their trial, but more a modernized version of the kind of classic rough-and-tumble cowboy picture that Dana himself was a veteran of, from CANYON PASSAGE to THREE HOURS TO KILL, and before and beyond, including his last starring roles, TOWN TAMER and JOHNNY RENO.
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